Kezia Dugdale reaffirms Scottish Labour 50p top rate tax policy

The Scottish Labour leader repeated the party’s commitment to a penny on income tax and a 50p top rate in her speech to the Labour conference

Kezia Dugdale - Image credit: David N Anderson/Holyrood

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale reaffirmed her party’s commitment to a penny on income tax and a 50p top rate.

In a speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool yesterday, Dugdale said she accepted Nicola's Sturgeon’s argument that the cuts come from Westminster, but not her "refusal to do anything about it".

She said when the Scottish Government presents its budget Scottish Labour will propose amendments to introduce a 50p tax for those earning over £150,000 and to add a penny to income tax to pay for public services.